New article in Plasmonics

Our new article entitled Surface Plasmon Polaritons Probed with Cold Atoms has been just published in Plasmonics.

In the article we show a direct measurement of the surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) intensity. The SPPs were excited on the gold-vacuum interface on the modified inner surface of DVD-R and DVD-RW discs. In our experimental setup we have used cold atoms from a magneto-optical trap (MOT) as a convenient tool to quantify SPPs intensity.

Using an infrared camera we have also investigated thermoplasmonic effects accompanying energy scattering of the propagating SPPs.